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HIPAA in the cloud: storing PHI may make you a business associate under HIPAA

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2013

The recently-promulgated final regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) take a broader view of

Data breach notification bill proposed in Australia

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 6 2013

Under Australia's current privacy law, there is no legal requirement for an entity to notify affected individuals if their personal information has

Colombia data protection framework takes effect

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Colombia
  • -
  • May 6 2013

Colombia's data protection law of 2012 recently went into full effect, following a six-month phase-in period. The law covers consumer databases used

Surviving spouse permitted access to decedent’s medical records under HIPAA

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 16 2010

The Georgia Supreme Court has found state law does not preempt HIPAA regarding a surviving spouse's ability to access her dead husband's medical records

Facebook files lawsuit against app developer for displaying outdated user data

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2013

Facebook recently filed a federal lawsuit in California against a former application developer, Profile Technology Ltd., alleging the New

France telecom industry launches Do-Not-Call registry

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 22 2011

Industry groups in France recently launched the Pacitel list, a national Do-Not-Call registry that will allow consumers to each add up to six phone numbers

Use of spyware on employees’ computers found violation of Swiss Law

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Switzerland
  • -
  • February 6 2013

In a recent decision the Swiss Federal Tribunal found that the installation of spy software on employees' desktop, with the aim of monitoring their

Confidentiality and the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 10 2013

Pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ("HSR"), transactions involving certain dollar amounts and or party size are prohibited from being consummated

Equifax settles FTC charges over failure to adequately protect consumer information

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 17 2012

Equifax Information Services LLC, one of the countries "big three" consumer reporting agencies, has settled charges with the FTC that it improperly sold lists of consumers who were late on their mortgage payments in violation of the FTC Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"

Google Analytics held to violate German law

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • March 31 2011

The German regional data protection authority recently issued a statement that the use of Google Analytics and similar products by companies to track consumer visitors to websites violated German privacy laws

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